Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and the consequences have rarely been visited upon those responsible. Between 2007 and 2009, an estimated N800 billion was funnelled into private placements that promised future […]
To those who believe APC: Where is the promised change of $1 to ₦1? – Reno
“Let us consider the following trend very carefully: Shiite massacre-no arrest. Southern Kaduna killings-little or no arrest. Agatu genocide-little or no arrest. Pastor Eunice Elisha murdered in broad daylight in Kubwa-No arrest. Evangelist Bridget Agbahime beheaded in broad daylight in Kano-suspected killers discharged and acquitted on the instruction of the state Attorney General. Ife clashes-Plenty of lopsided arrests. Buhari dog man-immediate arrest of culprit. Is this how justice works in the new and improved Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari?”
Why APC would not wash its dirty linen in public
The entourage from the national secretariat of the All Progressives Congress, APC to Speaker Yakubu Dogara last Thursday could not hide its appreciation of the loyalty the House leadership has continued to pay to the party.
The spirits of our ancestors
AS I drove home from a party at about 2 am, I saw a lady standing by the roadside. I recognised her. She was a Nigerian, a Fashion Designer, known for her exquisite designs and good tailoring in the Nigerian community in the Washington, DC area. Wondering what she was doing there at that eerie time of the morning, I stopped. She told me that, as she was driving home, her brand new car abruptly stopped, and she could not figure out the problem. German engineering is superb.
Humanity failed Namibians, and paid dearly for it
DESCENDANTS of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia on Thursday May 16, 2017 stepped into an American District Court in Manhattan. It was the first time in 109 years that the world would, through their descendants, hear the voices of over 100,000 Africans massacred in their ancestral home by German colonialists who operated on the basis that the Africans they annihilated were animals and not human beings.
For Omawumi Udoh, a tribute
BROS, the Bill has just been passed!” With those immortal words, Omawumi informed me that the Delta State House of Assembly, DSHA, had passed the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, that is DESOPADEC, Bill into law. I think it was on 1st August, 2006 and she had called on phone from the House.
